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s "UTE w. J. OLowEs, or HARTWOOD, NEW Yon-K;

SOFA-Bansrnnn i Specification of Letters Patent No. 3,140, `dated June 24, 5.843. i

To all whom it may concern essential features of my invention being applicable also to settees, divans, and all other like articles that maybe also used as a bedor for supporting one.;

would observe, that the word sofa applies to every article the shape and size of which will allowT it also to be used as a bedstead,

the word sacking, to any flexible material that holds or supports the bed and the word machine to the frame or parts which `are common to both sofa and bedstead.`

be, made into two divisions, and the divisions being connected together byjoints or; hinges, the sofa is changed into all the ina-Q` terial parts of thebedstead by simplyturnf ing the movable part of the machine upon such `hinges downward or toward the floor;

the whole machine being so constructed,` that the back andseat of the sofa fall, `or sink, out of the way of the bed and bedding, leaving nothing, when themachine` is wanted as a bedstead above thellevel of the sacking,

except such part-s of the machine `as may answer for the head or foot boards, or, to which the same may be attached; the sacking, in my invention, is to be attached on each side thereof to across rail forming part of the permanent frame of each division of the machine, or in place of both sides of the sacking being permanently attached to cross rails of the frame as mentioned, one of the sides of the sacking may be attached to a loose, or movable, rail, or strip of board which is so constructed that, when the machine is used as a bedstead, it occupies the place of such permanent cross rail, but when used as a sofa, it so falls under the seat of` bringing and staying the movable'railjto its Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM JQ CLowns,' of Hartwood, in the county of Sullivan and f State of New York, have invented a newf and Improved Article of Furniture Conibining the Uses of a Bedstead and Sofa, thej place beingI all that is required to effect such the-place `where it is to be secured by the oraces, by the hands, by the assistance of a short lever, or by means of `a cord fand` pulley, j

To enable others skilled inthe art-to make i and usemy invention, Iwillproeeed t0 @de- To prevent repetition in the annexed description of the nature of my invention, I`

scribe the manner in which a sofa bedstead may be constructed, reference being had to drawings annexed, in whichi ends above the seat is connected together In my invention the whole sofa is, or, may

and `.forms one division;` the other division is composed of the part D and ends and back ofthe sofa below 'the seat; these two divisions are connected `by hinges or joints onthe front side which permit the `,first divi- `sion to be'turned down onto the floor. `The sacking E is 4fastened on one side to the top of the back side of the second divisioni; on

the other side it is nailed to a narrowstrip of plank or board F which ,constitutes the movable rail before spoken of; each endof this rail is fastened at right angles to one end of a strip Or bar of wood H; the other end of such strip `or Vbar isvconnected by a pivot joint or hinge at (of) tothe underside of the arm `of the sofa` lc in such `manner that such strip or bar may move within the frame beneath the arm of the sofa; one end being secured at 0) and the other end moving as occasion may require from (p) to (r) or from (r) to i Vhen the machine is in the form of a sofa thesebars hang in the position shown in Fig. l: when in the form of a bedstead they are in the position shown inFig.` 2: the movable rail having been brought for- `ward and braced by putting in head and foot boards, the head board 1 is shown as j in place: at one end it fits into a mortise like that intended for a foot board and at the other it has an iron pin fitting into a socket in the movable rail, `the corresponding socket for the pin of the foot board is seen at V; the head and foot boards when not in use are placed behind the sofa, and if small may be placed inside upon the llt) bed.V The plan of distending the sacking i i.

by means of cords and pulleys referred to in the former Apart of this specification is as follows: Attached to each end of the movable rail is a strong cord which passing over a pulley fixed to the back part of the arm is carried back and fastened to some part of the second division of the machine, say to the rail to which the other side of the sacking is fastened; from this it follows that when the rst division is lifted up and brought over to form a bedstead, the cords and pulleys will cause the sacking to be stretched tightly across the whole upper side of the two divisions as it is seen in Fig. 2 although there made by other means.

The various modifications of my invention can be easily perceived by reference to Fig. 3, of the drawings which represent-s a hollow square made by four pieces of wood; and may be conceived to be one end of the frame of a sofa of the plainest kind: by dividing this frame into two parts and joining them again together by hinges we have one of the essential features of my invention. Such modifications may be shown by reference to various places where the said frame may be divided into two parts. In the sofa bedstead described in Figs. l and 2, the divisions correspond to the divisions made in Fig. 3 at (c) and (a), the hinges being put at (e) all the upper part of the frame together with the seat back and sides of the sofa which are attached to it turn over. The divisions may be made at and (a) or at (c) and (b) and by means of the hinge at (f) or (c), the top rail between (a) and will form one of the posts of the bedstead when the machine is used as such: this modification is well adapted for benches, Ottomans, divans, or other forms of the sofa that have no arms or back as the seat will be placed in a line near (a) and (b) instead of being placed in a line between (c) and as in the larger sofa. The division may in like manner be made at (e) and (ci) and the hinge may be put either at (e) or (d) the hinge may be put at (f) and the other division be at (o) and a bedstead may thus be formed by having the feet of the posts or bars which hold up the movable rail secured at or near (b) the frame of the machine from (f) to (b) being turned down upon the floor, and the movable rail brought to its place: the sacking in that case would be stretched out in a line corresponding with (e) and In my invention also the seat back and all other parts of the sofa which do not form parts of the bedstead may be removed at pleasure from the machine, and the machine may yet be used as a bedstead, and in this state may be cleaned with as much facility as any common bedstead: all such portions of the back seat, sides, &c., of the sofa as are usually covered with cloth are or can be made into separate panels that may be screwed or otherwise attached to the frame of the machine.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. Constructing the frame of the sofa, settee, ottoman, divan, or other article of furniture referred to in the foregoing specifica-tion in two divisions, hinged or jointed together in the manner herein described so thatit may at pleasure be converted into a bedstead.

2. I also claim the method herein described of aiiixing the sacking to a movable rail F for the more easy conversion of the sofa into a bedstead and the bedstead back again into a sofa whenever it may be desirable to put the bed and bed clothes underthe seat of the sofa; the said rail being kept in place by braces or by the head and foot boards I.

I/VILLIAM J. CLOWES.

Witnesses:A

EDWARD K. BARNUM, GEnAnDUs CLowEs. 

